1780-1930 Robert Raikes Medal (Sunday Schools Founder)

Issued to commemorate the 150th anniversary (1780-1930) of Robert Raikes, the founder of Sunday Schools. 22 mm in diameter.

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Robert Raikes (1735-1811) is traditionally credited as pioneering Sunday Schools in the 1780s. He started his first school for the children of chimney sweeps in Sooty Alley, Gloucester (opposite the city prison) in 1780. Described as 'cheery, talkative, flamboyant and warm-hearted Raikes was able to use his position as proprietor and editor of the Gloucester Journal to publicize his work.

By 1831, Sunday schools in Great Britain were teaching weekly 1,250,000 children, approximately 25 percent of the population. As these schools preceded the first state funding of schools for the general public, they are seen as the forerunners of the current English school system.

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